Inappropriate tone date January 2009 Image ApricotComputersLogo.png right 150px ApricotComputers logo ApricotComputers is a United Kingdom British manufacturer of business personal computer s, originally founded in 1965 as Applied Computer Techniques ACT , changing its name to ApricotComputers, Ltd ... MHz CPU, 640 x 200 LCD display for 1965. In 1985 ACT was renamed ApricotComputers . By this time ... Computers, and the more technically oriented Apricot File . 1990s In January 1990 Apricot acquired ... section date November 2011 Mitsubishi continued to use the Apricot name on several computers until 2008 ... computer.asp?c 499 Apricot PC at old computers.com http apricotcomputers.com The new ApricotComputers ... Kingdom Category Companies established in 1965 Category ApricotComputers Category Mitsubishi Electric ca Apricot es ApricotComputers fr Apricot ... Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation , which hoped that Apricot would help them compete ... at the time. Mitsubishi eventually shut down the Apricot brand a management buyout resulted in new company Network Si UK Ltd being formed. In 2008 a new, independent Apricot company was launched in the UK. Apricot was a remarkably innovative computer hardware company. The Birmingham R&D center could ... and aggressive engineering team allowed Apricot to be the first company in the world with several ... superior Micro Channel Architecture MCA , Apricot was the only other OEM using it, in the Apricot ... power which helped IBM survive the failure of MCA. Apricot continued to experiment with unusual ... and complete end to end system design and manufacture created technically excellent computers, but meant that Apricot was slow to adapt as the worldwide market grew and changed. By the mid 1990s major ... some of their manufacturing to cheaper locations overseas. Apricot was very late in adopting this method of manufacturing, even though a motherboard designed and manufactured in Asia cost Apricot as little ... more details
Apricot fruits status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked ... Carl Linnaeus L. Barth lemy Charles Joseph Dumortier Dumort. ref name GRIN The apricot , Prunus armeniaca ... Baglari005.jpg thumb left Apricot tree in central Cappadocia , Turkey File Apricot tree flowers.jpg thumb left Apricot flowers in village Benhama Kashmir It is a small tree, convert 8 12 m tall, with a trunk ... . Trees of Britain and Europe . Collins ISBN 0 00 220013 9. ref File Apricot and cross section.jpg thumb left Apricot and its cross section Cultivation and uses History of cultivation File Apricots ... ug 2163 source usda 1 right 1 The apricot was known in Armenia during ancient times, and has been ... Page 11 by CultureGrams ref ref http www.actahort.org books 121 121 36.htm VII Symposium on Apricot ... apricot seeds in an Eneolithic era site. ref B. Arakelyan, Excavations at Garni, 1949 50 in Contributions ... of the apricot s domestication in the Chinese region, and other sources say the apricot was first ... trees the cherry, white heart cherry, and apricot from Armenia to Europe. Subsequent sources were often ..., British colonization of the Americas English settlers brought the apricot to the Thirteen Colonies ... left Fresh apricots on display File Dried apricot 01 Pengo.jpg thumb Dried organic food organic apricot, produced in Turkey. The colour is dark because it has not been treated with sulfur dioxide E220 . Although the apricot is native to a continental climate region with cold winters, it can grow ... , tolerating winter temperatures as cold as 30 C or lower if healthy. A limiting factor in apricot ... with the closely related Prunus sibirica Siberian apricot hardy to 50 C but with less palatable ... Siberian apricot hardy to 50 C but with less palatable fruit offers options for breeding more cold tolerant plants. Apricot cultivars are most often grafting grafted on plum or peach rootstocks. The scion from an existing apricot plant provides the fruit characteristics such as flavour, size, etc ... more details
wikt apricotApricot is a tree in family Rosaceae and the fruit it bears. Apricot may also refer to Desert apricot, Prunus eriogyna Apricot color APRICOT conference ApricotComputersApricot, the code name for the open source video game Yo Frankie Slang for a part of the brain often used as a target for sniper s Disambig da Abrikos fr Abricot homonymie ja ... more details
Image Apricot portable.png thumb 300px Apricot Portable The Apricot Portable was a portable computer made by ApricotComputers , first released in 1984. It had a 3.5 floppy drive , 4.77 MHz CPU and 256 KiB RAM . It was the first computer to use an 80 column 25 line LCD and speech recognition for input output. The speech recognition software held 4096 words, with only 64 available at a given time. It had a wireless keyboard and optional wireless mouse, which communicated with the computer using an infrared link ref cite web url http actapricot.org history apricot adverts.html title 1984 advertisement for Apricot Portable ref this was relatively new at the time. However, if an object blocked the infrared beam, communications would be cut off. The Apricot also featured a somewhat Macintosh Mac like graphical interface. It was originally priced at 1965. Notes and references reflist External links http www.old computers.com museum computer.asp?c 492 ACT Apricot Portable at the OLD COMPUTERS.COM Museum Compu hardware stub Category ApricotComputers es Apricot Portable sr ACT Apricot Portable ... more details
. Apricot in human culture Computers Image ApricotComputersLogo.png right 150px ApricotComputers logo ApricotComputers is a United Kingdom British manufacturer of business personal computer s, originally founded in 1965 as Applied Computer Techniques ACT . It changed its name to ApricotComputers, Ltd. in 1985 after having released the Apricot PC in 1983, a computer which by 1985 had became ...File Apricot and cross section.jpg thumb left 250px An apricot and its cross section infobox color title Apricot hex FBCEB1 r 251 g 206 b 177 c 0 m 18 y 30 k 16 h 24 s 30 v 98 ref http web.forret.com tools color.asp?RGB 23FBCEB1 web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color FBCEB1 Apricot ... apricot in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York 1930 McGraw Hill the color apricot is displayed on page 43, Plate 10, Color Sample 7F. ref Apricot is a light yellow yellowish orange colour orangish color that is similar to the color of apricot s. However, it is somewhat paler than actual apricots. Etymology The etymology of the color apricot and the fruit the word comes ... . Apricot has been in use as a color name since 1851. ref Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color ... 43, Plate 10 Color Sample 7F for color sample of Apricot. ref Variations of apricot Light apricot infobox color title Apricot Crayola hex FDD5B1 r 253 g 213 b 177 c 0 m 6 y 29 k 0 h 30 s 22 v 89 source List of Crayola crayon colors Crayola Displayed at right is the light tone of apricot called apricot since 1949 in Crayola crayons. Mellow apricot infobox color title Mellow Apricot hex F8B878 ... web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color F8B878 Mellow Apricot ref source http www.e paint.co.uk bs5252 colour chart.asp BS 5252 Displayed at right the color mellow apricot . This is one ... an apricot bandana means that one is a chubby culture chubby chaser . ref citation last Andrews ... es Albaricoque fr Abricot couleur it Albicocca colore ko simple Apricot color sr ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 orphan date November 2009 Apricot File was a British magazine catering for users of early ApricotComputers microcomputer systems. It was based in London, published by TP Group and edited throughout its lifetime by Dennis Jarrett. There were 36 issues, all in ISO 216 A4 format the first, called Release 1.1 , was dated October 1985 and the last, Release 3.12 , was undated but appeared in September or October 1988. Contents included consumer reviews of Apricot hardware and software, and technical advice on programming for Apricots. David Langford regularly contributed the The Disinformation Column from Release 1.2 November 1985 until the final issue. Other regular contributors were Edward N Bromhead, Henry Deckhand a pseudonymous cynic , Lindsay Doyle, Roger Gann, Paul N Humphreys, Garreth Keogh, Kathy Lang, Paul Lavin, Simon Potter, David St. John Wallis and Mark Whitehorn. Dennis Jarrett s farewell editorial The Last Word noted that Apricot File subscribers were being steadily lost to the beckoning lure of IBM PC compatible IBM compatibility . Category Defunct British computer magazines Category Magazines established in 1985 Category Magazines disestablished in 1988 Europe compu mag stub UK sci mag stub ... more details
The Apricot PC was ApricotComputers first personal computer made for business use. The press received it well, especially for the high resolution nowrap 800 x 400 of its time and its trackball cable future models will be IR . It uses a Intel 8086 processor running at nowrap 4,77 MHz . Optional 8087 math co processor were possible. Memory is nowrap 256 kB expandable to nowrap 768 kB . Cathode ray tube CRT green screen 9 ref name ocapr shows picture with text mode nowrap 80 x 25 or graphics nowrap 800 x 400 pixels . Equipped with two floppy discs and a keyboard with an integrated LCD Passive matrix and active matrix addressed LCDs LCD display. Released in 1983, it achieved success in the United Kingdom UK . The manufacturer failed completely to clone the IBM BIOS, so although it ran MS DOS and CP M CP M 86 , it was not IBM PC compatible as the underlying system BIOS and hardware is very different. An Intel 8089 I O controller was used, instead of the Intel 8237 DMA chip used in IBM computers ... apr00003.dsk ACT Apricot Technical Reference Manual ACT Apricot Technical Reference Manual WordStar , retrieved 18 July 2006 microcompu stub Category ApricotComputers es Apricot PC sr ACT Apricot PC ... disk format was not quite compatible attempting to read an ordinary PC floppy in an Apricot, or vice versa, would result in a scrambled directory listing with some files missing. Apricot later ... with one equipped with an Intel 80286 processor. The Apricot Xi is a similar computer released ..., ACT Apricot PC ref DMA chip Intel 8089 Graphics Comes with a green phosphor screen 9 that weights .... At the rear two proprietary Apricot connector slots for expansion, parallel printer port of Centronics ... expansion connectors or internal Apricot Operating system came with standard MS DOS 2.11 and CP M 86 ... ACT Apricot PC http www.actapricot.org disks aprid5ks.htm apr00003.dsk actapricot.org ACT Apricot has technical manuals in the WordStar format http tech.groups.yahoo.com group actapricot yahoo.com ... more details
Apricot brandy can refer to a liquor or Eau de Vie distilled from fermentation food fermented apricot juice or a liqueur made from apricot flesh and kernels. Brands Various brands of both types of products exist, including Zwack Kecskem ti Barack brandy Barack P linka , from Kecskem t , Hungary , a true Apricot Brandy or Eau de Vie made from fermented Apricot juice. Marillenschnaps or Marillenbrand, also an Eau de Vie made from apricots it is produced mainly in the Wachau region of Austria . Maraska Apricot , from Croatia , a liqueur. Marie Brizard Marie Brizard Apry , from France , a liqueur. Sweet Lucy, a Bourbon whiskey Bourbon apricot liqueur mix. Meaghers apricot Brandy, from Canada , a liqueur. See also Apricot brandy sour References Grocers http store.yahoo.com randalls index.html Internet Wines and Spirits Category Brandies Distilled beverage stub it Apricot brandy pl Apricot Brandy ... more details
Infobox single Name Apricot Stone Cover Apricot Stone.jpg Border yes Artist Eva Rivas Released 2010 Format Digital single , CD single Recorded 2010 Genre Pop music Pop Length 3 02 Label Lyrics Armen Martirosyan musician Armen Martirosyan & Karen Kavaleryan Producer Chart position Last single This single Next single Misc Infobox ESC entry song Flag icon Armenia Apricot Stone image caption year 2010 country Armenia artist Eva Rivas as with language English composer Armen Martirosyan musician Armen Martirosyan lyricist Karen Kavaleryan place 7th points 141 place semi 6th points semi 83 lyrics prev Jan Jan prev link Jan Jan next Boom Boom next link Boom Boom Emmy song Apricot Stone Armenian language Armenian , a song by Armenia n Russia n singer Eva Rivas , was the Armenian entry for the Eurovision ... in a Eurovision Song Contest performance. The instrument is traditionally made of apricot wood. Image Apricot seeds.jpg left thumb Apricot stone is another name for the seed of an apricot The apricot ... has been called The motherland of the apricot. ref http www.welcomearmenia.com main.php?id 1&sid 112&lang eng Armenian apricot at welcomearmenia.com ref Some have interpreted the lyrics of Apricot Stone ... armenia eurovision song apricot stone genocide turkey Conspiracy theory in Eurovision Turkey claims genocide hint in Armenia s Apricot stone at armenianow.com ref Charts class wikitable sortable align ... showitem.asp?interpret Eva Rivas&titel Apricot Stone&cat s Swiss Singles Chart ref align center 54 References Reflist External links http www.youtube.com watch?v buGOZExVf8o Apricot Stone Official music video at Youtube http www.clipland.com Summary 701013910 Apricot Stone Official music video at http ... stub az Apricot Stone cy Apricot Stone da Apricot Stone es Apricot stone eo Apricot stone hu Apricot Stone nn Apricot Stone pt Apricot stone ro Apricot Stone ru Apricot Stone sq Apricot Stone sv Apricot Stone tr Apricot Stone ... more details
Refimprove date May 2011 Apricot oil is pressed from the Seed kernels of the Prunus armeniaca apricot . The kernels have an oil content of 40 50 . The oil is similar to almond oil and peach oil , both of which are also extracted from the kernels of the respective fruit. Apricot oil and almond oil, are used similarly in cosmetics to soften skin. ref cite web url http www.botanical.com botanical mgmh a apric050.html title A Modern Herbal chapter Apricot publisher http www.botanical.com Botanical.com author Mrs. M. Grieve accessdate 2008 08 20 ref Specifically, apricot oil can be used on the scalp to improve its condition Citation needed date May 2011 . The seed cake is also used separately to extract an essential oil , which contains Amygdalin a colorless crystalline glucoside . The oil is chiefly composed of oleic acid and linoleic acid , both of which are unsaturated fat s. References references vegetable oil stub Category Vegetable oils ca Oli d albercoc es Aceite de albaricoque ... more details
Image Apricot seed and kernel.jpg thumb The kernel bottom and broken seed shell of an apricot An apricot kernel Prunus armeniaca , Armenian plum in Latin refers to the seed kernel of a species of Prunus , classified with the plum in the subgenus Prunus. It is known for containing amygdalin , a toxic cyanogenic glycoside . ref cite journal author Krashen, Stephen D. authorlink Stephen Krashen title Are Apricot Kernels Toxic? journal The Internet Journal of Health volume 9 issue 2 year 2009 url http www.ispub.com journal the internet journal of health volume 9 number 2 13 article are apricot kernels toxic.html issn 1528 8315 ref Seeds or kernels of the apricot grown in central Asia and around the Mediterranean region Mediterranean are so sweet that they may be substituted for almond s. The Italian liqueur amaretto and amaretti biscotti are flavored with extract of apricot kernels as well as almonds ... Article Apricots section kernel ref Apricot kernels can sometimes be strong tasting and bitter taste bitter . They feature in recipes for apricot jam , and Italian amaretto cookies and liqueur. Citation ... gram 8oz packages of apricot kernels that were imported from Pakistan which were being sold in health ... double the minimum lethal dosage of cyanide for an adult human. The apricot pits were recalled ... Imported Bitter Apricot Pits Recalled as Cyanide Hazard By DENNIS HEVESI Published ... one serious toxicity from apricot kernels reported from 1979 to 1998. ref cite journal doi 10.1016 ... by apricot kernel ingestion journal Ann Emerg Med volume 32 issue 6 pages 742 4 year 1998 month December pmid 9832674 ref On average, an apricot kernel contains about 0.5 mg of cyanide. Image Apricot seeds.jpg thumb right 300 px Apricot seeds kernels are inside Nutritional content nutritionalvalue name Oil from apricot kernels, each 100 gram s kJ 883 fat 100 g br Saturated fat 6.3 g br Monounsaturated ... Apricot Kernel Category Prunus Category Edible nuts and seeds de Aprikosenkern fr Noyau d abricot ... more details
Apricot Morning is an album by Quantic musician Quantic , released in 2002. Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Apricot Morning Type Album Artist Quantic musician Quantic Cover Quantic Apricot Morning.jpg Released 2002 Recorded Genre Electronic music Electronic Length Label Producer Reviews Last album The 5th Exotic br 2001 This album Apricot Morning br 2002 Next album Mishaps Happening br 2004 Track listing Apricot Morning 6 26 Transatlantic 4 43 Brand New Watusi featuring EQ 6 01 Search the Heavens 5 53 Wider than the Sky 3 55 Primate Boogaloo featuring Aspects band Aspects 3 35 Blackstone Rock 4 10 Sweet Calling featuring Alice Russell 4 43 Trouble From The River 6 26 Not So Blue 5 07 Off the Beaten Track 3 30 External links http www.quantic.org releases.php?aj go more&id 1018895580&archive &start from &ucat 3 Official album page Allmusic class album id r636199 pure url yes Apricot Morning review at Allmusic Will Holland Category 2002 albums 2000s electronic album stub ... more details
Orphan date April 2008 Image gawith apricot.png right thumb Gawith Apricot Snuff logo Gawith Apricot is a type of nasal snuff , produced by P schl Tabak Germany . Use and market It is less common then other P schl bands, but has a more classic apricot smell compared to newer brands. Each plastic tin has 10 grams of tobacco and is normally sniffed up the nose. Their products are much less common in the North American marketplace. There are also other products with the Gawith logo such as Gawith Cola. Citation needed date January 2008 External links http poeschl tobacco.com P schl Tabak Category Chewing tobacco brands product stub ... more details
The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies APRICOT is the annual Internet operations conference for the Asia Pacific region . See also List of Internet Network Operators Groups External links http www.apricot.net int org stub Asia stub Oceania stub Category Internet Network Operators Groups ... more details
Orphan date November 2011 Apricot is a populated place in Benton County, Washington Benton County , Washington U.S. state Washington . The name was collected between 1976 and 1979 by the United States Geologic Survey , and entered into the Geographic Names Information System on September 10, 1979. ref http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p gnispq 3 NO P3 FID 1510784 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report Apricot ref References reflist Benton County, Washington coord 46 14 11 N 119 51 27 W display title Category Populated places in Benton County, Washington BentonWA geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2008 Infobox VG title Kaitou Apricot image caption developer KID small PlayStation small publisher Takuyo released vgrelease JP March 15, 2002 PC vgrelease JP March 6, 2003 DC vgrelease JP May 22, 2003 PS vgrelease JP January 1, 2005 PS2 vgrelease JP October 25, 2007 PSP genre Otome game , Visual novel modes Single player ratings 12 platforms Personal computer PC , PlayStation PS , PlayStation 2 PS2 , PlayStation Portable PSP , Dreamcast DC media requirements input Nihongo Kait Apricot Kait Apurikotto translates to Mysterious Thief Apricot is an otome game otome visual novel video game for Microsoft Windows . The game was created by Takuyo . It was originally released on March 15, 2002, and was later ported to the PlayStation , Dreamcast , PlayStation 2 and Play Station Portable . Plot Anzu Mochizuki is an average high school student. On the day of her 17th birthday, her mother tells her that she is the successor of the family s title as thiefs and that she is the next Thief Apricot. She ll have to combine her two lives and she ll meet some boys that will make her think which of the two sides of her life she should choose... Gameplay Kaitou Apricot gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that appears on the game screen which represents either dialogue between the various characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a decision point where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two or three at a time. The time between these decision points is variable and can occur anywhere from a minute to much longer. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice ... Mochizuki Mochizuki Anzu a.k.a. Mysterious Thief Apricot Kait Apurikotto Voiced by Rio .... See also Otome game External links http www.takuyo.co.jp products apricot index.html Official website ... more details
Infobox computer Name Picobook Pro Developer ApricotComputers Type Netbook Photo File Apricot picobook pro.jpg 300px Caption The Picobook Pro releasedate October 15, 2008 os Windows XP Windows XP Home Edition br SUSE Linux Processor VIA C7 VIA C7 M ULV Website http www.apricotcomputers.com picobook pro.htm Apricot Picobook Pro The Apricot Picobook Pro is the first product of the newly reformed ApricotComputers . It is a netbook based on the VIA Technologies VIA NanoBook , first shown to the press on October 15 2008. Specifications CPU VIA C7 VIA C7 M ULV at 1.2 Ghz. Chipset VIA VX800 System Media Processor Northbridge computing Northbridge and Southbridge computing Southbridge integrated . Computer monitor Monitor TFT LCD TFT 8.9 inch, 1024x600 pixels. Support to internal external dual monitor, or TV. Graphics Processing Unit Graphics 3D 2D S3 Graphics Chrome9 HC3 chipset integrated, shared VRAM to a max of 64 MB DirectX 9.0. and HD video support. RAM 1 GB of SO DIMM DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 RAM at 667 MHz. Dimensions 230 x 171 x 38.7 mm Weight 0.98 kg 2.16 Pound mass lb . Ports On the left, VGA DE 15 and one USB 2.0 port. On the right, a second USB port, Kensington Security Slot , 8P8C and power supply. In the front, two minijack mic ear and 4 in 1 Card reader. Open, integrated Webcam of 1.3 megapixel s over the TFT LCD TFT , keyboard and touchpad at bottom. Keyboard computing Keyboard QWERTY , 80 keys Hard disk 60 GB Sound card VIA Vinyl VT1708A HD Audio codec. Up to 8 ... but impossible to type on. ref http www.itpro.co.uk 607341 first look apricot picobook pro ref References reflist External links http apricotcomputers.com picobook pro spec.htm Apricot official website with drivers and manuals Category Netbooks Category ApricotComputers es Apricot Picobook Pro ... The Apricot has been very poorly received. A review by PC Pro in 2009 gave it 2 stars awarding ... reviews laptops 247442 apricot picobook pro ref A first look review by IT Pro in 2008 also ... more details
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Multiple issues unreferenced October 2010 orphan February 2009 notability November 2011 Italic title This article is about the academic journal. For use of computers in education, see Electronic learning . Computers in Education is an academic journal which publishes articles relevant to analog, hybrid, and digital computation in education . It is published by the Northeast Consortium for Engineering Education on behalf of the Computers in Education Division of the American Society for Engineering Education . journal stub Category Education journals ... more details
Imtel Computers is a Belgrade Serbia based computer company. The history of Imtel Computers dates back to 1973 when a division of Institute of Physics in Belgrade became a separate company named Institute of Applied Physics short IPF . Later in 1990, when the activities moved to the field of elecronics, the company changed its name to Institute of Microwave Technology and ELectronics short IMTEL . In 1994 Imtel split into two companies Imtel Computers and Imtel Microwaves. Today, Imtel Computers is a corporation having 50 employees located in its own office building of approximately 1,500 square meters in the center of New Belgrade Novi Beograd . Its main business is Import and wholesale of computer components Manufacturing, sales and service of personal computers and computer equipment Sales, design, installation and maintenance of computer networks and systems Computer communications and electronic business systems. Military tehnologies External links http www.imtel.rs i2.php?p en Imtel Computers http www.imtel rtv.rs eng indexe.htm Imtel Microwaves Category Computer companies of Serbia Category Companies established in 1973 ... more details
. Some common classifications are summarized below. For others see Category Classes of computers . Classes by Size Microcomputers Personal computers Microcomputer s are the most common type of computers ... is now practically an anachronism . These computers include Desktop computers A case and a display, put under and on a desk. In car computers carputer s Built into a car, for In car entertainment entertainment , Automotive navigation system navigation , etc. Game console s Fixed computers specialized ... computers and Palmtop computers Portable and all in one case. Varying sizes, but other than smartbooks expected to be full computers without limitations. Tablet computer Like laptops, but with a touch ... s personal digital assistants Small handheld computers with limited hardware. Programmable calculator ... as game consoles, but small and portable. Minicomputers Midrange computers A minicomputer colloquially ... microcomputer s or personal computers . The contemporary term for this class of system is midrange ... , IBM and Hewlett Packard . Mainframe computers Unsourced image removed File JABIL.jpg thumb .... These computers are capable of handling and processing very large amounts of data quickly. Mainframe computers are used in large institutions such as government, banks and large corporations ... powerful computers such as server computers or mainframes. Classes by function Servers computer ... are actually personal computers that have been dedicated to providing services for other computers. Workstations Workstation s are computers that are intended to serve one user and may contain special ... vendors dropped support for these machines, as personal computers reached the processing capabilities of Mini computers and Workstations. Also, with the release of Windows NT and Linux, the operating systems of personal computers could do the job of this class of machines. Very few machines today are made in this class. Information appliances Information appliance s are computers specially designed ... more details
Infobox company name Tiny Computers logo File tiny logo.gif type Private foundation 1990 defunct 2002 brand used until 2005 locations 150 UK slogan Think big about your PC think Tiny parent OT Computers 1990 2002 br Granville Technology Group 2002 2005 homepage www.tiny.com now defunct Tiny Computers Ltd. was a United Kingdom British computer company based in Redhill Business Park in Salfords , Redhill, Surrey Redhill in Surrey , England . The company used the advertising slogan Think big about your PC think Tiny . During the late 1990s they were a highly successful firm having units throughout the major retail stores of the UK as well as launching in the USA and the Far East, but their profits eventually began to fall and in 2002 they went into Administration law administration and were subsequently purchased by rival Granville Technology Group TIME . External links http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi business 4719833.stm BBC NEWS Business Tiny PCs goes into administration http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi business 1791873.stm Tiny Computers swallowed up http forums.cnet.co.uk podcast tiny computers the tiny computer brand t10014240 CNET Detailed company and product discussion Dead link date June 2011 Category Defunct companies of the United Kingdom Category Computer companies of the United Kingdom Category Companies based in Surrey ict company stub ca Tiny Computers ... more details
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